Born: November 29, 1924
Hometown: Gulfport, MS
Year Induction: 1999
Deceased : September 24, 2015
Lettered in football and basketball at Starkville High
English Degree, The University of Southern Missississippi (1947)
Masters, The University of Alabama (1949)
Did not play sports in college because of wound suffered in World War II Battle of the Bulge
Spent 11 years as a junior high coach before getting head basketball coaching job at Gulfport High.
Head basketball coach, Gulfport High
National High School Coach of the Year in 1965,1970, 1976 and 1989.
Inducted into Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame in 1981.
During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II Jenkins was sounded and capted by the German army on Jan. 5, 1945 and lost a leg as a result of his injuries. . . . He taught English five periods a day his entire coaching career.
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